So Gartner states that only 10% of socialnetworking roll-outs succeed. Social media, and socialnetworks, change the way we communicate. The knowledge sharing paradox is that socialnetworks often constrain what they are supposed to enhance.

and Google are doing in the space, the article continues: As Yahoo and Google see it, serendipity is largely a byproduct of socialnetworks. As brought out in the New York Times article, this relates strongly to the domain of socialnetworks, which I have been studying since the 1990s.

Many organizations are using social media and socialnetworks, but how do they know if they are using them appropriately or adequately? Do they have all the aspects of collaboration and cooperation supported in order to succeed as a social business?

For the last decade I have examined and applied socialnetwork analysis in and across organizations, for example in large professional firms , technology purchase decision-making , high-performance personal networks , and other applications. Collaboration Enterprise 2.0

Enterprise-class socialnetworking is apparently all the rage, news that will be met with mixed emotions by anyone who feels that some of these tools are more annoying than useful. The premise of these workplace-oriented social tools — things like Yammer, Socialcast and features and functions in IBM Sametime and Microsoft(msft) SharePoin t, is that they help workgroups and departments work together better, know where everyone is, and cut down on telephone and e-mail tag.

It’s a little hard to believe that it’s been over ten years now since the first early enterprise socialnetworks (ESN) emerged on the market to make their initial forays into our organizations. Network leadership. Digital collaboration skill development.

Given the amount of time, the deck focuses on profile, social graph, activity streams, and social objects. My emphasis is on how social structures form within the enterprise, how people cultivate their social resources, and strategies they might employ to mobilize their networks. We can then design "social infrastructure" (such as SocialNetwork Sites) with more effective affordances to support those norms and behaviors. MORE >>

While enterprise socialnetworking has been covered extensively in the media and by IT analyst firms, one of the least discussed aspects of the topic has been the issue of design and the potential impact of design on employee adoption of such tools and applications. e-mail, community site, socialcollaboration platform, etc.). Social theory and design. Connects enterprise socialnetworking efforts to its enterprise architecture (EA) program. MORE >>

Socialnetworking may be an omnipresent trend these days in the consumer sphere, but not every boss is thrilled when someone suggests bringing it into the enterprise. Because your employees are talking about the good and bad of your company somewhere, and if it’s not within your corporate socialnetwork, then it’s either around the water cooler or on Twitter or Facebook – places that you have far less visibility. MORE >>

t share the lower-level analysis and specifics that describe the architectural components of a socialnetwork site (clients will be able to access this information when it comes out on the Burton Group site), the introductory portion of the report is contained below. If you are a client, I encourage you to schedule a dialog to discuss socialnetworking trends in general, or specific project(s) you are undertaking in this area. Social Graph. Social Presence. MORE >>

Podio is aiming to shake up this enterprise socialnetworking space currently occupied by the likes of Yammer , Presently , SocialWok and Salesforce Chatter by providing a tool that can be customized using a wide range of ready-to-use productivity apps available from its built-in App Store. This makes Podio highly adaptable compared to its competitors, as it allows organizations to create a networking platform to suit their employees. MORE >>